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TIL that airplane runway numbers have to sometimes be repainted since they are based on Earth's magnetic north, which is constantly shifting.

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Knkw TIL that according to Navajo culture the weaver of a rug would deliberately put an imperfection, called a “ch’ihónít’i” (“spirit line”), believed to allow the release of the weaver’s spirit from the woven item, and also symbolizes the perfection-in-imperfection
GvLE TIL that “72% of wingsuit flyers had witnessed death or serious injury, and 76% had experienced a ‘near miss’”
XEBMk TIL Presidents since 1929 have generally been wealthier than presidents of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. With the exception of Harry S. Truman, all presidents since this time have been millionaires.
MeVya TIL that the first chainsaw was invented in 1830 and not made for cutting trees. It was called an Osteotome and designed to aid in childbirth - quickly sawing through the pelvic bone was sometimes seen as better than a caesarean.
6EW1w TIL Disney owns 35 of the 40 college football bowl games.